cow handed

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cow handed (comparative more cow handed, superlative most cow handed)

  1. awkward
    • 1939 August, The Rotarian[1], page 4:
      But will you ask Mr. Sellmer if all the batters bat "cow handed" like the man on page 33?
    • 1982, Relentless Love, page 66:
      Are you out of work, Mr. Lieber? Should I ask my daddy if you can help with the horses? He'll let you, I think, unless you're cow handed. Are you?
    • 1992, Season of Loving[2], page 9:
      Of course he had overset the gig, for which he must be faulted, but observing the way he was presently driving, he was by no means cow handed.